BUFFALO, N.Y. — In making a list of the most important football games on UConn's schedule, it's near certain that Buffalo would not make the cut. It should.

Home games against Maryland and Michigan were important. They carried name cachet and certainly would have helped the perception of the program. Given that UConn has beaten Buffalo eight straight times and 16 of the 20 times the teams have played, there was no reason to place any importance on Saturday's game at UB Stadium.